Contributions

  • Vermaseren, M. J. - Contributor
  • Lane, Eugene, 1936- - Contributor

Publication

1996 - E.J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

110,250 words, Guess

Page Count

441 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC292.2/114
  • LCCBL820.C8 C83 1996
  • LCCBL820.C8C83 1996

Description

"This volume brings together articles on the cult of the mother-goddess Cybele and her consort Attis, from the emergence of the religion in Anatolia through its expansion into Greece and Italy to the latest times of the Roman Empire and its farthest extent west, the Iberian Peninsula. It combines the work of established scholars with that of young researchers in the field, and represents a truly international perspective. The reader will find treatment inter alia of Cybele's emasculated priests, the Galli; the dissemination of Cybele-cult through the harbour city, Miletus; the cult of Cybele in Ephesus; the rock-cut sanctuary of Cybele at Akrai in Sicily; the competition between the Cybele-cult and Christianity; and the role of Attis in Neo-Platonic philosophy."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

CultCultsCulteAttisCybeleReligionAttis (God)

Places

People

M. J. Vermaseren

Series Statement

  • Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ;
  • v. 131

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